St Josephs College - Argus Yearbook (Emmitsburg, MD)

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Lights! Action! as Charlotte Duffy, Kathleen Leitch, Matilde Ramos, Mary Dingle, Bettina Dickerson tkneelingh and Jean Bushey work ubehind the scenes during rehearsals for Alzaytajia. Other activities of the club Which fllled many busy hours were the one act play festival for area high schools, a year-long prop drive, and the intensifled participation in the National Catholic Theatre Con- ference. These various activities and the regular meetings, which offered information on theatre techniques and famous playrights, combined to further the aim of the Melpothalians and to cultivate an appreciation of the highest standards of good theatre. Deciding upon the acceptability of this velvet costume, dramatic club preyident Carol Lewis asks the advice of Audrey Carr, Jecretary; Lee Groeninger, treawrer; Donald J Waters, direc- tor; Lois Lipps, publicity mmzager; and June Danaher, vice-prejideizt. Carol Lewis, director of the winning one- act play, Spreading the New: Spring housecleaning motivates this inventory session of the prop com- mittee: Carol Rogers, Virginia Zebrowski, Judith McNally, chairman; Ann Dodd, Catherine Bride, Kathryn White, Kathleen Stapleton, and EliZabeth Nelson. gs; ad. auras! ks

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M elpotlmlz'ans Alademtor: SISTER JOAN MARH: Director: MR. DONALD J. XVATIERS Multi-activity enlivens the makeup room during the one- ;1ct play contest as dramatic club members Mary Engle, Marie Gibbs, Susan Cary, Laura Kelly, joanna Flaccomio and Ellen Mahar, select appropriate costumes and finish making up the actresses. A student princess plays the role of a lost princess --With the spring production of iiAnastasia the dramatic Club offered an SJCienne this opportunity. Through the annual major production and the one act play contest Melpothalians provided the club members with outlets for their acting aspirations as well as for experience in play production: directing, staging, lighting, make up and other technical aspects of the theatre. A critique of three Eugene OiNeill plays captivates junior-senior drama- tic club members during a monthly meeting. The victory of Spreading Ike Newt. one-act play entrant 0f the Class of 1958, spreads joy among seniors and especially the cast: Catherine Hanlon, Margaret Smith, Lois Lipps, Theresa Allen, Judith McNally, June Shillenn, Loretta Kettercr tpnrtially hiddcm, Elaine Carey, and Anne Meyer. ' : J '4: $7 . .. x A - .v .gw. pa. .

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Liturgy Club H 8mm 0mm Mm. DuxMh j. WA'l'le Very impurunt in our grmxth .15 snldcnt princesses ix, Hf Umrac. uur 5Piriftldl youth. Our Liturgy club carries nut J mnfnld aim: 1t hclps its members to .LPPI'CUJKC murc fully the xutluc of liVinxov the life of Hum nith the Church through thc liturgy and con- tribum idms by xxhich xxc cam carry this spirit into uur future humcs. XVith this aim in View. the Liturgy Club 11215 cur- nu! nn .1 variety of activities. L'ndcr thc mpic, The Rnlc of W'umunf thc mcmbcrs conducted panel dis- unsium 0n the true nature of wumun and of her rulc in thc mn'ld today. Senior members met several nmcs .lt the home of Mr. and Mrs. W'ntcrs in order m obscrx'c pxutctiml ways of introducing the liturgical xpirit inm fumily life. The club entertained lecturers. numbly litthcr RcdmomL who spoke to us on the MASS. thc hum of the liturgy. The Spirit of thofumily-und-liturgy in the home xms mrricd mm thc college dining mum 215 Liturgy dub members brought the Adx'cnt wreath 11nd lightcd thc fnur candles on the Sundays of Advent. Sctting .1 thcnk for the coming smsom liturgywisc ol'ticcrs NOFIHJ Clrosi, Huzmnr; Mdrguct Bcldngcr, pruridml; And P.1trici.1 Devlin ,uwruldn; discuss the potcntiulitics of their newly Arrived posters. 1 KL Sorting and pricing,y liturgical articlcs occupies Cathlccn Mdmugh- lin, Ccncvicx'c Chiusuno, and Eugenia Lalmm. I I m pi mm 1 MM Donald J VULUCFS, dircctor of the dub. .uldrcsscx mcmbcrs on thc signif- iuuuc 0i. Lcntcn symbols and pradk'cs.